The climax. [volume] (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1887-1897, 1887-11-30
"WHY DON'T YOU BOON THE TOWN p

VIII DuN lUI DOuM I'M AO"N
This is a question that We are
often asked. Parties see papers
from elsewhere containing volumi-
nous articles on the advantages
and general attractions of their
respective towns, and think that
The CLIMAX is slow to perceive its
duty, and even slower to execute
it.
why don't you write up Rich
monde" is a problem that has
been time and again propOunded.
The answer is not brief, but con
elusive. First, the people Of
Richmond and Madison county,
and those Just over the line in
adjoining counties, know as well
as we what there Is in Richmond.
To those people, and those only,
does The CLIMAX 90, except scat
tering individuals in different
parts of the country who formerly
lived here and those last men
toned also know what Richmond
has to recommend it. Now to
write up Richmond and its ad-
vantages for the people above spec
flied would be idle in the extreme.
They are here, or have been here,
and know full well in advance
the merits Of the place. If any OF
these people, who may not live in
Richmond, desire to leave their
farms. or business in village, an
remove TO Richmond, they will do
50. as soon as they can find a res
idence for sale, or can buy a lot
and build one. There is already as
much business here as the pat
ronage will justify, and any man
who comes here and locates IN
business, must buy out some
man already here, or divide the
now moderate patronage. There
are a few men who can afford tC
live in Richmond and continue
farming, and scattered about are
others who will come to Rich
mond to educate their children
and those two classes are all thai
Richmond can expect.
"Oh. but why don't You print f;
large number Of extra copies anC
send them out to all parts Of the
North and East to capitalists anC
emigrant agencies; that's the wa!
tc reach the people p is asked IL
the reply to our answer set fortl
above.
There are two reasons why We
do not. The first is that We ar,
not more interested in booming
the town than any body else
We do not propose to expenC
hundreds of dollars in sending
out extra copies, while Others ar,
to reap the reward. The secOnC
reason is that there is nothing t
induce immigration. Richmond
must have factories before she car
have a perceptible increase il
population, and she can not hav,
factories so long as she has bu
one railroad. Factories requirt
raw material and a market, anC
the freight is always too high In
one-railroad town to allow a fac
tory in that town to compete Will
o-her factories. What could
factory in Richmond do! 1t mus
paw four OF five times as mucl
for coal and raw material as othe
factories, and would then have t
prepay freight to Louisville anC
Cincinnati in order to compet'
with the outside world. TAKE
Frankfort as an example. WerI
it not for the competition afforded
a part of the year by the Ken
lucky River, the factories IN tht
Penitentiary could not exist
Every hundred pounds of freigh
they ship by way of Louisville,
distance of about IS miles, cost
Is cents, and that has to be paiC
by the Penitentiary in order t,
compete with Louisville and othe
factories. That same freight /
carried to New Orleans, PensacO
Ia and other points eight hundre'
miles away, for p cents. A ca
Of freight from Boston to Lexing
ton costs little more thai
1t does from Lexington d
Frankfort.
Richmond must have anothe
and competing railroad before !
can have factories, and it mus
have factories before it can hav
an increase in population. That
Why we don't boom the town.